RAIL LINE IS ADDED TO SUBWAY SYSTEM; Old Westchester and Boston Road Becomes Latest Link in Unified Route LA GUARDIA SNIPS TAPE New Rochelle Mayor Reveals Plan to Extend the Service Into His County

The four-and-a-half-mile section of the old New York, Westchester and Boston Railroad running from Dyre Avenue to East 180th Street, in northeast Bronx, and connecting at the latter point with the White Plains line of the IRT division, was formally opened to public use as the latest link in the city's unified rapid transit system yesterday morning, with ceremonies at both terminals of the extension.

May 16, 1941

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